Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia

It sold PKB to the sole bidder, Al Dahra, after raising the required annual revenue of the buyer from €50 million to €400 million, and refused to show the valuations even after the contract was signed. It sold the “Jaroslav Černi” Institute to Millennium Team at the starting price of €2.58 million, refusing to show the Council the valuation, and granted Linglong €75.8 million in subsidies. According to Cenzolovka, in 2025 it appointed the wife of a man convicted of setting fire to a journalist's house as the state's representative at Srbija Kargo.

Affairs

  • Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: Approved three million euros in subsidies for the Union hotel to a company of Macura's that was not the owner; according to Radar, payments continued even while construction was going on without a permit
  • Sale of the “Jaroslav Černi” Institute to Milenijum tim: According to the Council, it chose the Institute's buyer without the mandatory opinion of the National Council for Science and withheld the price valuation from the Council
  • Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin: According to RERI, besides the €75.8 million in incentives, it and the investor did not report all of the state aid, including tax breaks
  • Arson attack on journalist Milan Jovanović's house in Vrčin: According to Cenzolovka, in September 2025 it appointed the wife of the convicted Mihailović, a witness at the trial, as the state's representative at Srbija Kargo
  • Sale of PKB to Al Dahra: It raised the buyer revenue requirement from €50 million to €400 million for a tender that only Al Dahra entered, and did not disclose the valuations

People

  • Dragan Stevanović: state secretary at the Ministry of Economy
  • Siniša Mali: acting Minister of Economy
  • Goran Knežević: minister of the economy